Improvement in elastic protector for horses  feet



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. WLLIAM n. HALL, or; Bos'rou, Assicuon yTo vHIM-senrAND Josnrnw.

HSKINS,OF CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS. Y y

"Leners Pam'N 1co,61s, daad March s, 1870.

The Schedule ,referred to inthese Letters Patent and making part oftitre-'esamey To lll whom "t'may concern :V y

Be it known that I,\' W1LLIAM H. HALL, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, and State of Massachusetts,

have invented au Improved Elastic Protector for t Horses Feet,` of whichthe following is a full, clear,

and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsmaking tion, in which- Figure-1 lepre'asents my improved protectorapplied part of this specificaf- 'to the 'foot of a horse.

vFigure 2 is apcrspective view .of my improved protector detached.

Figure 3 'is a-horzontal section through the same. Figure 4 is a`section through the same on the line InV shoeing vided with a spring,and secured-in place by catches,

as described in Letters Patent-of the United States granted to J ohnHazeltiuef andUharles L. Wheeler, on the '21st day o f Septemper, A.D.'1869; but this cushion was expensive and required'to be made of a.size and'shape to it the interior of the shoe 4to which v A. leatherpad, provided with a web `which covered .the frog, hasalso been securedto the shoe bya spring; but this pad was objectionable, as it requiredto be made'of a certain size and shape, to exactly tit the interior ot'the shoe, while the dirt wouldgetbetween the web andtheiioot and cansethe pad to fall on.

My iuventicnhas for its object to overcon'ie'these diiiiculties andobjections, and to furnish an exceedingly'cheap and simple protector,lwhich will eii'ectually prevent balling, and the entrance `of snow ordirt between the shoe andthe hoof, and may be read'- i ily applied toany shoe without regard to its size -c'r shape; and l f My inventionvconsists in a' tube or cuslnon, com,-

"posed of rubber or other suitable material, within which is placedl awire, extending longitudinally through it, which will retain the tubeinany'shape into which it may be bent, to conform tothe shape of the.inner edgeof the shoe to which it is' to be appied, the protector beingheld Securelyin place by portions of the wire which project out and iitunder the inner upper edge of the shoe.

To enable others skilled iu horses, a rubber pad or cushion is often 7^'placed between the shoe and the hoof, to exclude suonr the art tounderstand I auduse my invention, I'will proceeelto describe the mannerin which 'I have carried it out'.

' In the said drawingsto conform to the shape of' the inner edge of theshoe to which it is to be applied, as seen in g. l.v

This wire b extends out through the tube near ,the centenvforming aloopor projection, c, while the ends d of the wire Vextend beyond theends ofthe tube, and are bent round, as seen in gs. 2 and 3. These projectingportions c l of the wire fit under the inner upper edge ofthe shoe,as-secn in dotted lines in fig.

1, the` projecting lends d of the Wire being heldin place by theelasticity of the rubber tube,'which causes its ends to spring tightlyagainst the inside of the shoe. s The tube'A is thus held firmly inplace, and'when secured ingthis position', it serves to effectu- -allyprevent dirt or snow ,from getting. between the shoe and the foot, andalso prevents balling. The tube A, instead of being composed of rubber,may be of leather or other suitable material, and instead of the ends clof the Wire being bent, as shown, they may be made to project straightout from the ends of the tube; and after the latter is sprung 'intoplace, may

-be bent underthe ends of the shoe and up against the hoot`, the ends ofthe tube A, in either case, being held down firmly in place bytheprojecting portions of the'wire.

The above-described protector may be readily applied or removed,'withoutdisturbingthe shoe, does not `heat the foot, and may be furnished at atriiling cost, while its peculiar constructionenables it toV bereadily-bent to lit' a shoe of any size or shape, advantages notpossessed by pads or protectors as heretofore constructed, which requireto be made of a certain size and-shape to i't'V each particular shoe.

. Claim.. What I claim as my invention7 anddesire to Secure by LettersPatent, is-` The within-described protector for horscs feet, consistingof an elastic tube or cushion, A, provided with -a Wire, b, extendingthrough. it longitudinally and projecting out, so as to form catches or`stantially as set forth.

Witness my hand' this 12th day oflFebruary, A. D. 1870,.v

fastenings, sube t WILLIAM H. HALL.

Witnessesz l. E. Tnscnnamcnnn, W. J.: CAMBRIDGE.-

Ais a-,rubbe'r tube or cushion, within which is placed 'y .a thick wire,7),'ivhich iss-annealed, so thatit will set and retain the tube inanyform into which itmaybe bent

